Can an angiotensin receptor blocker be used in a patient in whom angioedema developed with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor?

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2008 Dec;10(12):949-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.00042.x.

Authors

Debbie L Cohen¹, Raymond R Townsend

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Hypertension Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Angioedema / physiopathology*
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / therapeutic use*
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
Humans
Hypertension / drug therapy*
Hypertension / physiopathology

Substances

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Antihypertensive Agents